SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — On a recent day at Sacramento native Lecho Lopez's comic shop in the city, his 5-year-old nephew read his first word aloud: "bad." It was from a graphic novel. There was irony in that being his first word, because Lopez credits comic books with many positive ...
PARKERSBURG — The 25th Victorian Christmas Home Tour and Tea will be Dec.5-7 in the Julia-Ann Square Historic District in Parkersburg. Five historic homes in the district, which have been decorated for the holiday season in a variety of styles, from period to modern, will be featured on ...
I once enjoyed chili cook-offs. I even participated in a couple the newspaper sponsored several decades ago. That was then. This is now. I stopped going to cook-offs and no one noticed, which is why I never told anyone who missed me why I quit. Trust me, it had nothing to do with the ...
Downtown Parkersburg will soon be glowing with holiday spirit as Downtown PKB hosts its annual Winterfest celebration from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at Bicentennial Park. The community-favorite event offers festive kid activities, live performances and fireworks designed to kick off ...
MARIETTA — The Washington County Agricultural & Mechanical Association announced that the 2027 Washington County Fair will be held July 12-17, moving the event from its traditional Labor Day weekend schedule. According to a press release from the Fair Board, the change was approved to make ...
"Give us a clock tick" is an expression uttered several times in "Wicked: For Good." But Jon M. Chu's two-part musical has asked for quite a bit more than that. Together, the two halves of this "Wicked" adaptation have run 297 minutes, which, more than the threat of lions and tigers and ...
